Groover158

Hi all,
I'm sure that we all know who is the most prolific poster in DAC, but I would be interested to know who has the record for the longest single post, and what was it about?

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1:200Freak

Who would that be??

Moomins

I would guess Jimbo, in the "off topic" forum. He had some long ones when it came to flame wars involving politics.

Ah, the good ol' days...

Roarer

More recently, I have just posted a fairly huge one with a brief history of the 1980s for Billay on his 'What a classic' thread

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'Up close, the Britten Norman Islander has the air of a relic from a bygone era, but it is precisely that.
Built in the '80s to a 1960s design, this is a plane that first turned up for work when Prime Minister Harold Wilson wore a Gannex raincoat and the first coat of paint was still wet on Coronation Street.
But when the daily remit is multiple short hops between tiny bumpy strips in a climate that flickers from the blustery to the apocalyptic, this sturdy little craft is hard to beat.'

Roarer

THUNK!!:

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Originally Posted by Bill-ay what a weird classic YouTube - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

It is only weird because it's from the 1980s, not nineteen canteen like most of your others. You simply aren't used to it yet, it's too modern for your ears!!

Let me tell you, since you are in a time warp that in the '80s, the decade started off badly when a Beatle was murdered.
China started it's 'One Child' policy to combat over population.

In 1984 there were strikes and the UK lost most of it's coal industry due to the Prime Minister at the time, who, and probably shockingly to your 1960s tendencies, was a woman! The daughter of a Stevenage(?) green grocer, and a scientist originally, a Chemist I think, she ruled for a stonking 11 years, from 1979 onwards!!

Meanwhile, you had 3(?) Presidents, but the 2 most prolific ones helped shape the world we live in now. The first was a former film star, and the other was named after a small shrub.

1981 saw the fairytale Royal wedding of Prince Charles to a lady called Diana and before the decade was out, they had had 2 new heirs to the throne. The younger of the 2, would , if King, become the 9th of a very famous name

Also, Prince Andrew(?) married a red head called Fergie in 1986, and ruffling some feathers in the establishment, ooh err!!

In '82, we fought some Argies in the Falklands whilst you lot did sommat in South America or the West Indies or somewhere like that later on in the decade.

Once solely the preserve of men in chordoroy suits with leather elbow patches, big beards, in serious need of a hair cut, and almost invariably called Geoff, by 1983, the computer had become more accessible to the great masses than ever before, and spawned a generation who grew up with such classics as Pac Man, Space Invaders, and Arcadians.
Digital watches were also the new must have gadget.

In 1984, Orwell's vision hadn't quite happened yet. Also, York Minster was struck by Lightning, causing the roof to catch fire, and provoking a massive restoration of it.

In 1985 ... ummm ... Live Aid ... or was that '86??
Anyway, spurred on by news pictures of the drought in Ethiopia, many stars, some more mega than others, got together to create a fundraising single, and then held MASSIVE concerts simutaneously in both London and Philadelphia, and possibly elsewhere.
Millions were raised, but with poverty being a most complicated beast, they are still now trying to 'Make Povery History'.

In 1986, Nasa had their biggest disaster since Apollo 1 and '13 in 1967 and 1970 respectively .... oh sorry, have I spoiled that surprise for you?? well, I wont say what happened then!
Just remember these words:

'That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind'.

I feel you might be hearing that very often soon!

Also, in that very same year, 1986, we witnessed the world's worst Nuclear accident, when the power station at Chernobyl in the Ukraine went into meltdown and exploded, killing many and sending a radioactive cloud north north west across Europe, with the likes of Belarus being the most hard hit. This single accident had many far reaching consequences as you can imagine, and the likes of Thyroid Cancer is still a big problem in the young of the Ukraine, Belarus and other countries round about.
It is said that trees in Chernobyl glowed red just after the accident, and the town is now a time capsule of Soviet Ukraine in 1986, as, naturally, the place is now deserted!
Only a small group of hardy souls still live in the area, and the rest of the power plant which wasn't damaged (enough?) still operated until very recently.

In 1987, the South of England experienced it's worst storm in recent history, with winds reaching hurricane speeds, leaving a swathe of destruction in it's wake. It also was one of the very few occasions when the national grid undertook the momentous task of cutting off the power to London and the surrounding areas affected.

There was a fire at London's Kings Cross underground station, killing 31(?).
It was found that the source had been one of the escalators, after a discarded cigarette end had fallen down the side of the steps and into the already filthy machinery. There had been a history of small fires on the escalators in question, which were already quite old, but nothing had even been done about it as they had never been major, or even had been known about.
The trough effect took hold, and the fire raced upwards and into a ticket hall, trapping people below.

The fact that the steps themselves had been made of wood most certainly didn't help, and it prompted huge changes saying that all escalators should not have wooden steps, and that the machinery should be cleaned better and more frequently. Also smoking was banned completely on all LUL stations.

In December 1988, the UK saw it's worst terrorist attack in history when a Pan Am '747 exploded over the Newcastle area, cutting the plane in two.
By the time it landed most of it fell on the small Scottish town of Lockerbie and the surrounding area Naturally, all on board died but it also destroyed houses and killed even more on the ground.
It was soon determined that the cause had been bomb and the finger of suspicion turned to Lybia and Colonel Gadafi.

One of the most momentous occasions of the 1980s and start of the '90s, was the fall of the Soviet Union, with your aforementioned film star President and the latest Soviet leader (who had a big red birthmark on his head) sitting down finally to sort it all out in about 1985, and setting in motion the freedom of many countries, further cementing Chernobyl's time capsule quality, as well as other more great things such as the Berlin Wall getting torn down in 1989, unifying Germany in one piece once more.

1989ish, and in China, the Students revolted. The authorities stepped in, killing many, and provoking world wide condemnation.

Ummm, oh yes, also in the '80s, shoulder pads became fashionable, hair styles went a bit funny, with people either having big hair or hair that any Mohican would have been proud of. Oh yes, and horrendously hideous coloured jumpers were the order of the day - luminous vomit green anyone??
Metal brief cases and mobile phones became popular with City workers and high flyers, termed 'Yuppies', even if these phones were more like bricks and reportedly gave off enough radiation to make Chernobyl proud.

All that was happening, but, contrary to predictions in the 1950s, we weren't living in space age capsules on the moon.

Even now, if you are, then you need a doctor quick!! __________________

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'Up close, the Britten Norman Islander has the air of a relic from a bygone era, but it is precisely that.
Built in the '80s to a 1960s design, this is a plane that first turned up for work when Prime Minister Harold Wilson wore a Gannex raincoat and the first coat of paint was still wet on Coronation Street.
But when the daily remit is multiple short hops between tiny bumpy strips in a climate that flickers from the blustery to the apocalyptic, this sturdy little craft is hard to beat.'